A fed-up resident in a street plagued with weeks of antisocial behaviour problems from a gang of youths finally snapped and assaulted an aggressive 11-year-old boy.

John Kitchen was at the end of his tether after weeks of suffering at the hands of the foul-mouthed youngsters, who were causing misery to local people.

But when the long-suffering resident finally stood up to the troublemakers and asked for an apology, he was the one who ended up in court - and being hit over the head with a plant pot by the boy's angry dad.

Kitchen, 61, of Buller Street, Grimsby, admitted assaulting the boy on September 3.

He told the Grimsby Telegraph after the hearing at Grimsby Magistrates' Court: "I snapped in a moment I should not have done and that's it. I am not the only one targeted down the street."

Rebecca Dolby, prosecuting, told the court that Kitchen believed that the youngster had been involved in antisocial behaviour in the area.

The boy ran away with his brother and started shouting and swearing.

He claimed that he was grabbed by the wrist, dragged across the road and told to apologise.

John Kitchen 'snapped' after being terrorised by youths for weeks - and ended up in before Grimsby Magistrates Court

The boy told him to look at the cameras and claimed that the pictures would show that he had done nothing.

Kitchen denied dragging him and claimed that he called the boy over. The prosecution claimed that he picked the lad up by his throat and slammed him to the ground.